This therefore is a certain truth, that hell and death, curse and misery, can never be removed from the creation, till the will of the creature is again as it came from God, _a spirit of love_, that _willeth_ nothing but goodness. All the whole fallen creation, stand it never so long, must groan and travel in pain, till every contrariety to the divine will is entirely taken from every creature. Thus, Sir, you have seen the original, immutable ground of the spirit of love. It is no imaginary refinement, or speculative curiosity; but is of the highest reality. It stands in the immutability and perfection of God; and not only every intelligent creature, be it what and where it will, but every inanimate thing must work in vanity till it works under the spirit of love. *Every son of fallen _Adam_ is under this same necessity of working and striving after _something_ that he neither is nor hath. All evil as well as good men, all the wisdom and folly of this life, are a proof of this. For the vanity of wicked men in their various ways, and the labours of good men in faith and hope, proceed from the _same cause_, _viz._ from a _want_ and _desire_ of having and being _something_ that they neither are nor have. The evil seek wrong, and the good seek right; but they both are _seekers_, and for the same reason; because their present state has not _that_ which it wants to have. And this must be the state of every creature that has fallen from its first state. It must do as the _polluted fluid_ does; it must ferment and work, either _right_ or _wrong_, to mend its state. The muddled wine always works right to the utmost of its power, because it works according to nature; but if it had an intelligent free will, it might work as vainly as man does; it might continually _thicken_ itself, be always stirring up its _own dregs_, and then it would seek for its purity, just as well as the soul of man seeks for its happiness in the lusts of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. All which must fall away from the heart of man before it can find its happiness in God, as the dregs must separate from the wine before it can have its perfection and clearness. *_Purification_ therefore is so necessary, that nothing will do in the stead of it. But man is not purified, till every earthly, wrathful, sensual, selfish temper is taken from him. He is not dying to himself, till he is dying to these tempers; and he is not alive in God, but as he is dead to them. It is the purity and perfection of the divine nature that must be brought again into him: nor are you to think that these words, the _purity_ and _perfection_ of God, are too high to be used on this occasion; for they only mean, that the will of the creature must _will_ and _work_ with the will of God; and whatever does not thus, is at enmity with God, and cannot have life and happiness with him.